Average Rap Reign Lasts 3-4 Years Drake is Going on 7 YEARS!!!!

[OfTheCross]

If we're talking "on top", no rapper had an uninterrupted 3-4 year reign on top.

That's how I interpret the thread title.

But I'm hip hop, tho, so I relate it to the Biggie bars.

The Drake fan that made this thread might not even know about that, tbh.

 

[I love Latina women]

this ^

great singles & trash albums doesnt make you a great rapper


especially when youre not even writing the rhymes

which he doesnt even deny himself

exactly, his singles ain't shyt either

 

[JustCKing]

In terms of reigns on top:

LL Cool J- you could argue 3 years for him with '85-'88, but in between that, you still had Rakim and BDK

Pac- '91-'96, but even then you still had Snoop in '93-'94 and Biggie

Biggie- '94-'97, you still had Pac in '95 and '96

Jay Z- '98-'02, DMX in '98 and '99. Eminem in '00.

Eminem- '00-'02. Jay Z interrupts this "reign"

50 Cent- '03-'06. Kanye interrupts this as he had '04

Wayne- '07-'11. Ross in 2010, and 50/Kanye in 2007 interrupts his reign

Drake- '11 to present. You could argue Kendrick interrupts his reign

 

[TAYLONDO SAMSWORTHY]

Yeah Drake's run is past the "flash in the pan" phase. He doesn't have the record sales to match his predecessors (different era) but he has a grip on his generation like Jay had on his in terms of what he means to them. Drake's throwaway tracks are anthems to the 16-25 demographic.

His only problem is he has no classic albums or singles. He has a lot of hits. But he doesn't have anything that 10 years from now people will be hailing as a musical classic.

Classics = So Far gone, IYRTITL, Take Care

 

[↓R↑LYB]

Hes great and dominant in a rap game full of mostly soup cans,or nikkas who simply don't do it all...I give Drake credit for being able to hit all facets and all demographics somewhat(or whoever the credit should go to),but saying he had a run is almost like saying Eminem had a run,Ja Rule or Nelly had a run....How respectable is the run to who it matters too?

The streets don't fukk with Drake like that,soon as a rapper came and locked the streets for a year,its pretty much unanimous in the hiphop world that the street rapper had the best year(Future)....not to mention Kendrick had a better year when GKMC dropped critically speaking,respect from peers and hiphop fans alike,i believe that year will be remembered as Kendricks year and the year GKMC dropped....like 2015 will be remembered as Futures year where he went on that crazy run of classic tapes....they wont be remembered as the year Drake dropped whatever forgettable album or club records he dropped,the charts aint all that come into account with a run,its a feeling:blessing:.

Drake is the Ja Rule of our time,cant deny the hits but its a run people really have no attachment to,and will be over as soon as a street rapper who can do it all comes forward

The streets also don't buy albums so their perspective is pretty irrelevant.

 

[hex]

Coli nikkas still stuck in that 90s mindset where they refuse to listen to rappers who can sing and rap so they ignore a classic and think the entire world has the same mindset as him.

The 90's made Lauryn Hill go 8x platinum.

Drake can't sing at all, and he needs help rapping. I'm seriously confused what people are a fan of, exactly.

I understand women stanning Drake. They clearly want to fukk him. But on The Coli, grown ass men are his biggest stans.

shyt is weird to me.

Fred.

 

[OfTheCross]

The streets also don't buy albums so their perspective is pretty irrelevant.

If you want to go by who buys the most albums than white ppl's opinion is the most important to have

 

[onelastdeath]

IYRTITL

 

[Golayitdown]

Drake has between 0 and 3 classics according to this thread

What's the criteria for being used for determining a cd is a classic? Sounds like a whole lot of "I liked that cd so it must be GOAT" going on in here.

 

[Cynic]

I don't see his continuing if in 2016.....

Future/Weeknd dropped a joint album with chart hits and street sh!t

Cole/Kendrick dropped a joint album

Jay/Bey dropped a joint album

and Kanye divorced Kim and dropped another game changer

With Thugga and Tory gaining traction .......

 

[↓R↑LYB]

If you want to go by who buys the most albums than white ppl's opinion is the most important to have

Breh, fukk white people. Nobody cares about their views in hip-hop. I'm talking about black people. And street nikkas don't buy music.

 

[OfTheCross]

Breh, fukk white people. Nobody cares about their views in hip-hop. I'm talking about black people. And street nikkas don't buy music.

If you're talking about black ppl than you can't dismiss "the street" opinion as it's part of the culture.

 

[↓R↑LYB]

If you're talking about black ppl than you can't dismiss "the street" opinion as it's part of the culture.

The streets haven't determined what's hot since the 90's breh. There's a reason Drake's the hottest rapper in the game. I know nikkas in Atlanta who love Drake like we used to love Biggie

 

[OfTheCross]

The streets haven't determined what's hot since the 90's breh. There's a reason Drake's the hottest rapper in the game. I know nikkas in Atlanta who love Drake like we used to love Biggie

The streets said Shmurda was hot and he blew. Same with Future. Same with Meek, Dej Loaf got buzz now off the streets, Yo Gotti and Plies got joints that are poppin off.

 

[BlackManLiveFromLondon]

On what planet does he have a classic album?

Thank Me Later?

Take Care?

Nothing Was The Same?

IYRTITL?

WATTBA?


Its these white suburban kids here from KTT who talk about him having a classic album

How was he that guy in 2012 when Kendrick dropped GKMC? ... or in 2013 when Eminem overshadowed him with MMLP2? or in 2014 when Forest Hills Drive dropped late? (Coles popularity gone through the roof ever since)

Or in 2015 with Futures run?

Aight so you don't wanna admit Future had the hottest year.. but if we talk about the most discussed/most critically acclaimed album of 2015 people will still try to spin it

Kendrick back to back with the classics